Weather Records on 17 November 1943

475 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 November 1943. Highest significance: Nerang Gilston Rd, AU.

Key Facts for 17 November 1943

On 17 November 1943, 475 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 464 daily.
Nerang Gilston Rd set a monthly record daily precipitation of 262.6 mm (10.3 in) on 17 November 1943.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

475 stations

475 station records on 17 November 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 November 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	262.6 mm (10.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	291.6 mm (11.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hosdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Molesworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Triprayar	India	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Abbotsford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

475 records

Records set or tied on 17 November 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 November 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 November 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

381 broken records

Margins by which the 381 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 184.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 November 1943

Top 20 records on 17 November 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 November 1943	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	monthly rain	262.6 mm (10.3 in)	165.8 mm (6.5 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1943	Ernest Junction Rail STN, AU	monthly rain	291.6 mm (11.5 in)	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
17 November 1943	Hosdurg, IN	monthly rain	230.6 mm (9.1 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Irikkur, IN	monthly rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Lower Bucca, AU	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Sirsi, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Wee Waa (George St), AU	monthly rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Badagara, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Molesworth, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Tiangua, BR	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Thalipilly, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 November 1943	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1943	Margate Collins St, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1943	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 November 1943	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	14.7 C (58.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 475 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1805	1
1816	1
1828	1
1835	1
1840	2
1841	1
1845	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	3
1863	1
1867	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	2
1885	3
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1893	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	4
1897	7
1898	2
1899	7
1900	8
1901	2
1902	6
1903	8
1904	14
1905	13
1906	14
1907	9
1908	15
1909	18
1910	6
1911	42
1912	58
1913	20
1914	121
1915	15
1916	79
1917	46
1918	81
1919	106
1920	193
1921	43
1922	22
1923	129
1924	178
1925	79
1926	214
1927	477
1928	547
1929	224
1930	407
1931	966
1932	462
1933	569
1934	384
1935	172
1936	279
1937	410
1938	245
1939	372
1940	203
1941	647
1942	362
1943	475
1944	339
1945	345
1946	427
1947	352
1948	424
1949	346
1950	521
1951	681
1952	1,076
1953	715
1954	304
1955	1,596
1956	262
1957	593
1958	1,811
1959	1,710
1960	236
1961	795
1962	317
1963	552
1964	639
1965	697
1966	408
1967	567
1968	368
1969	421
1970	426
1971	630
1972	505
1973	294
1974	485
1975	512
1976	904
1977	538
1978	970
1979	479
1980	1,575
1981	945
1982	497
1983	1,132
1984	413
1985	906
1986	860
1987	1,008
1988	805
1989	1,098
1990	980
1991	745
1992	570
1993	1,120
1994	1,016
1995	1,535
1996	1,583
1997	1,596
1998	638
1999	1,018
2000	1,255
2001	1,252
2002	1,083
2003	607
2004	745
2005	894
2006	1,389
2007	699
2008	901
2009	986
2010	880
2011	782
2012	392
2013	724
2014	2,110
2015	1,333
2016	1,064
2017	751
2018	744
2019	611
2020	832
2021	294
2022	959
2023	558
2024	522
2025	693

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	341
25 to 50	29
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1